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Legal Ethics
Legal Ethics Law360 provides breaking news and analysis on legal malpractice cases and attorney misconduct. Coverage includes criminal allegations, disciplinary actions, and recusals involving attorneys and judges, as well as legal rules and standards.
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Latest News in Legal Ethics
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March 10, 2026
Apple AirTag Plaintiffs Can't Get Class Cert. In Tracking Suit
A California federal judge refused to certify a class of stalking victims suing Apple for designing AirTags that were susceptible to abuse by stalkers, after comparing the case during a hearing last week to mass tort litigation against Uber Technologies Inc. over driver sexual assaults.
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March 10, 2026
J&J Unit Gets Sanction In Talc Libel Case
A Virginia federal judge on Tuesday issued sanctions against a doctor being sued by a Johnson & Johnson unit over an article linking mesothelioma with talc products, saying that a jury will be told that he deleted emails about the article when he was legally obligated to keep them.
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March 10, 2026
Firm, Atty Say Insurer Can't Stop Covering Ponzi Scheme Suits
A Maryland law firm and attorney accused in two underlying actions of aiding a Ponzi scheme have sued their professional liability insurer in federal court, saying the carrier has wrongfully declined to continue defending them beyond mediation.
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March 10, 2026
$18.7M Settlement Nixed Over 'Fabricated' Loan Docs
Citing a need for public confidence in judicial decisions, a Connecticut state court judge has set aside an agreed-upon $18.7 million judgment against a housing nonprofit, which claimed that its ex-leader "fabricated" the documents purporting to authorize the defaulted loan at issue in the case.
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March 10, 2026
Ex-Mass. Atty Gets 3 Years For $2M Client Thefts
A now-disbarred Massachusetts attorney was sentenced Tuesday to just over three years in prison for stealing more than $2 million in client funds, admitting to a federal judge that the thefts were not mistakes but "horrible crimes."
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